Right now its raining. Start has been delayed. Its a mistake to play in Srilanka during monsoon. It rains like crazy there.

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I hear they are planning international cricket in England in October and November soon.

Ludicrous decision to play in countries when there is little chance of a match being completed.Still what do we expect these days as money rules more than sense.

One down already. Sharma and Zaheer and bowling brilliantly for India. The batsmen havent been comfortable yet.

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its a sunny day thankfully today...the srilankans r going along fairly nicely now...nothing threatening in this pitch, another boring sub-continental test match. they talk about low attendance in srilanka and yet the pitches are low and slow...how can they make it interesting for the viewers? maybe the ground will fill up a bit if murali starts spinning the ball after the third day or something when the pitch deteriorates but I fully expect a drawn test.

Commentators have been saying that this track will turn towards day 3/4. If that true then it was a very good toss to win for Srilanka. With two good spinners in their side and a good first innings total, they have a good chance of winning this match.

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Jayawardene gets his ton. But this Warnapura guy seems to have come out of nowhere.

It's unfortunate that Zaheer Khan still has his no-ball problem, which I believe has cost him at least one wicket today.

Jayawardene out for 135, caught behind off Sharma.

It just occurred to me- with Sangakara, Jayawardene, Samaraweera and Dilshan, is this Sri Lanka's best-ever middle order? Certainly the first three are some of the country's finest ever batsmen, and even though Sri Lanka's produced outstanding players before, this is the first time that there are no real weak links in the lineup.

dilshan just given not-out by the third umpire after he asked for a review.actually even after many replays the commentators and me aren't convinced if it was a nick or bat hitting the ground. but it is the first instance its been used thus far, and the game is being played in the right spirit... i'm hoping that dilshan used it judiciously.

well it is really hard to judge a batting line-up a flat slow wicket. i think the middle order was surely stronger with Desilva, Ranatunga and Mahanama. I dont think Dilshan has performed to his potential so far and Samaraweera is a flat track bully. Well there were some statistics in the break and it showed Jayawardene's innings break up and he's played 81 innings of his career at home with a very good average, and he's not played a whole lot away from home but in those he's got a poor average.

It was heartening to see Sharma getting movement and creating fear in the opposition by bowling some absolute jaffers. But now I guess its back to square one as the ball has got softer. I think they need to prepare better wickets to attract more crowds to test matches in the sub-continent, its not even blazing hot right now for excuses to be made.

Well it sounds to me like there was doubt there, so the proper decision was reached.

Well that's what I mean. De Silva was an outstanding player with a 40+ average when that meant more than it does now, however Ranatunga only scored 4 centuries in 90-odd tests and Mahanama averaged less than 30. I agree that Dilshan hasn't lived up to his potential, and you could make a case for Samaraweera being a flat-track bully and so on, but nevertheless the Sri Lankan lineup today is a lot stronger, and I guess more complementary (eg. Dilshan and Samaraweera having completely different styles), and generally more of a challenge for the bowlers than it has been before. Of course it's difficult to compare eras, but the current lineup seems to have achieved more than their predecessors. It's an interesting thought, anyhow.

P.S. I'm surprised to hear about Jayawardene, but Kumble used to have an appalling away record too before he began turning it around. I hope Jayawardene can too, because a player of his talents should do better.